A Twilight Kiss

In a March 2009 In Style interview, Ashley Greene, otherwise known as the loveable Alice Cullen, shared a New Moon tidbit, “The first movie we were so close knit. We were all there as a family. This one, there’s just four of us. I’m kind of bummed because Kellan ["Emmett Cullen" Lutz] and Jackson ["Jasper Hale" Rathbone] are going to be there for the first week and then they’re gone.”

Well, if there’s one scene that needs to be shot in that first week that absolutely requires the presence of Jackson aka Jasper, it has to be the 18th birthday party scene where Bella gets a paper cut while opening a gift, and Jasper loses control and attacks her. Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen, manages to protect Kristen’Stewart’s character — Bella.

Here’s the birthday party sequence from the New Moon Unofficial Film Script — Severed Ties (Part 1)

SEQ 02. INT. Cullen’s Dining Room. The room is decorated profusely with pink flowers and candles. The Cullens are gathered around the birthday cake with the number 18 on top.

ALICE
(holding camera) Smile, Bella! It’s your 18th birthday!

BELLA
Alice, I wish you didn’t–

ALICE
(deliberately misunderstanding) You wish for presents? Oh, we have some presents for you too, but you can only open them after blowing out the candles.

EDWARD
Please humor her, Bella. Besides, you should be thankful I stopped Alice from ordering a tent, balloons, an orchestra, and a DANCE floor…

BELLA
Alice, you wouldn’t do that to me!

ESME
Edward baked the birthday cake!

EMMETT
Baking and cooking…

Emmett rolls his eyes and then grabs Edward in a mock wrestling hold.

EMMETT
How about a little wrestling match with me tomorrow, bro?

EDWARD
(laughs) You know I’ll win.

EMMETT
‘Cause you read my mind before I can make my fancy moves. Cheater, cheater…

ESME
Boys, please behave.

CARLISLE
Bella, it would please us very much if we could celebrate this special occasion with you. The last time we had a birthday party was way back in 1935 for Emmett; but, if you would rather not, that would be perfectly fine as well.

BELLA
Of course, I’d love to. You’re like family to me.

As she leans forward, she stumbles. Edward saves her from landing face down on the cake. Embarrassed, Bella blows out the candles.

EDWARD
Happy 18th birthday, my love.

Edward kisses Bella.

BELLA
I hate the fact that I’m one year older than you are.

EDWARD
But, in reality, I’m decades older than you are.

BELLA
Yeah, any human I know who knows that?

ALICE
Time to open presents!

BELLA
(sees the gifts) Oh no, no, no… I don’t want any one spending money on me!

ESME
But it gives us so much joy, Bella.

ALICE
Stop spoiling our fun.

EMMETT
C’mon, birthday girl! Open our gift first! Go on, pull the ribbon! It’s a radio / CD player for your truck! But it’s not really there ‘coz I already installed it in your beat up Chevy when you weren’t looking.

ALL (adlib)
Emmett!
There he goes again.
Can’t you keep a secret?

EDWARD
You might as well tell her my gift is inside the CD player. (to Bella) As instructed, I did not spend any cent.

EMMETT
What? It’s the thought that counts. Pull, pull, pull!

ALL
Pull, pull, pull!

Bella pulls and gets a paper cut.

BELLA
Shoot.

EDWARD
No, Jasper!!!

Edward and Jasper collide and knock Bella onto the glass plates, scattering glass and flower petals, while she cuts herself again. Emmett grabs Jasper while Edward goes into a defensive crouch in front of Bella.

CARLISLE
Emmett! Edward! Please bring Jasper outside. Esme, Alice and Rosalie, please stay in the other room while I take care of Bella.

Carlisle stops the bleeding and starts removing glass splinters from Bella’s arm.

ROSALIE
Good thing I didn’t get you a birthday gift. Who knows what would have happened?

CARLISLE
Rosalie, that’s enough. Bella is our guest.

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